1 A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. Lord, I cry out to you from the depths of my pain. 2 Please listen to my cry, and pay attention to what I'm asking. 3 Lord, if you kept a list of sins, who could escape being condemned? 4 But you are forgiving so that we might respect you. 5 I'm waiting for the Lord, longingly waiting, for I trust in his word. 6 I long for the Lord to come, more than watchmen longing for the dawn to come, more than watchmen longing for the dawn to come. 7 Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for the Lord loves us with a trustworthy love and his salvation knows no limits. 8 He will save Israel from every sin.
Psalm 130 Free Bible Version
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (8)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hebrews 5:7; Psalm 42:7; Psalm 69:14–15; Jonah 2:2–4; Psalm 71:20
- 2 2 Chronicles 6:40; Isaiah 37:17; Nehemiah 1:11; Psalm 61:1–2; Psalm 55:1–2
- 3 Psalm 143:2; Psalm 76:7; Romans 3:20–24; John 8:7–9; Nahum 1:6
- 4 Jeremiah 33:8–9; Isaiah 55:7; Psalm 86:5; Daniel 9:9; 1 Kings 8:39–40
- 5 Isaiah 30:18; Psalm 33:20; Psalm 62:5; Psalm 119:81; Isaiah 8:17
- 6 Psalm 63:6; Psalm 119:147; Isaiah 21:8; Psalm 134:1; Acts 27:29
- 7 Ephesians 1:7–8; Psalm 40:3; Revelation 5:9; Psalm 86:15; Psalm 86:5
- 8 Luke 1:68; Titus 2:14; Matthew 1:21; Romans 6:14; Psalm 103:3–4
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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